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    3. 要衝

    要衝

    要よう衝しょう

    important point

    KMT8News #20+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ようしょう

    Noun

    1.
    important point, strategic position, key point

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    その港みなとは貿ぼう易えきの要よう衝しょうです。

    That port is a key point for trade.

    KMT7Business & FinanceTravel & Transportation
    この城しろは、地ち域いきの軍ぐん事じ的てきな要よう衝しょうだった。

    This castle was a military strategic point in the region.

    KMT8MilitaryHistory
    その要よう衝しょうを制せい圧あつすることが、戦せん局きょくを左さ右ゆうすると考かんがえられた。

    Controlling that strategic point was thought to determine the course of the battle.

    KMT8MilitaryHistory
    交こう通つうの要よう衝しょうに位い置ちするこの都と市しは、常つねに経けい済ざい活かつ動どうの中ちゅう心しんであった。

    This city, located at a strategic transportation point, has always been the center of economic activity.

    KMT9Business & FinanceTravel & Transportation
    現げん代だいにおいても、サイバー空くう間かんは国こっ家か安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょうの新あらたな要よう衝しょうとなっている。

    Even in modern times, cyberspace has become a new strategic point for national security.

    KMT9MilitaryTechnologyPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    要
    い.る・かなめ…(2)
    need・main point・essence・pivot・key to
    衝
    つ.く…(1)
    collide・brunt・highway・opposition (astronomy)・thrust…(3)
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